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Join us for the episode “Oceans” followed by a discussion with director Sophie Morgan, executive producer Guillermo Navarro and director of photography David Reichert.

HOSTILE PLANET

2019,
National Geographic,
47 min,
USA,
Dir: Sophie Morgan

This is not your mother’s nature series! The six-part HOSTILE PLANET draws attention to the most extraordinary - almost supernatural - accounts of animals that have adapted to the cruelest evolutionary curveballs. Hosted by survivalist and adventurer Bear Grylls, HOSTILE PLANET zooms in on the world’s most extreme environments to reveal the animal kingdom’s epic stories of survival on this fast and continuously changing planet. This is a drama told in an intimate manner with innovative camera technology and a lens that captures several first-ever behaviors. Each titular episode spotlights a unique environment – mountains, oceans, grasslands, jungles, deserts and polar – to navigate the brutal conditions endured by some of the most complex, unrelenting and awe-inspiring species on the planet. As animals face an overwhelming host of challenges including punishing weather, intense competition for resources and constant predator-vs.-prey conflict, life still finds a way.